A Mobster's Revenge ( Side story to Book 1 of the New York Mafia Trilogy)

3. Cursed Town (Part 2)

De Luca was kneeling on the floor crying in the woods as he was throwing up on the ground as Theo, Cristofero's right hand man was standing near by shaking his head in disapprovale "You need to toughen up kid. Your brother hasnt even started yet. This may take months or years. No one knows. You cant throw up at sight of blood all the time. Get up now. While your brother tortures the rest to death, I am meant to take you to the hotel because your brother doenst wnat you to vomit and cry the whole time. He thinks you are not ready. I think you are. But its your brother's decision. Get up now. lets get you cleaned up."

De Luca took deep breaths closing his eyes and trying to erase the images he had seen. They were awful. His brother was totally ruthless. The blood had tainted the floor of the woods. He sobbed harder as he thought of what was happening only a few meters away from where he was/ There were no cries of agony any more. His brother had gotten tired of the screams of his victims and had made sure the victims were silenced.

Theo was losing patience "De Luca get up. If you cant. Say so and I get some guard to carry you."

De Luca was relived at least he had some authority over Theo. De Luca was a Costantini and those men who used to work for his grandfather and his father were willing to die for. No one was allowed to touch a Costantini unless they had a death wish. De Luca was weak when it came to action but he was still a Costantini and his brother was Cristofero, the man who Theo even feared. He had first killed when he was hardly twelve years old and was not afraid to make messy deaths of people Theo was meant to kill. Cristofero did it voluntarily too. No one forced him. De Luca reckoned Cristofero had become so blood thirsty because he was always hanging witH Theo. But even Theo was more merciful when it came to killing people. Cristofero was a messy killer. At the age of twenty one he had respect of the criminals he dealt with to the surprise of De Luca. He wished his brother just cared about what other people his age did. Women. But of course his brother never even glanced at any woman. Those stone cold eyes of his never caught any one's attention at all.

Theo sighed "De luca. I am waiting. Get up. We have orders to accompany you to the hotel. Cristofero expects us to have delivered you there by now. He even ordered me to get you a drink from the bar when we reach there. Its not far. Get up or ask to be carried away... What do you have us do?"

De Luca nodded weakly "I will walk." He didnt want them to touch him. They were all cold blooded murderers. They were just impatient because they wanted to get back to the party once he was going to be guarded at the almost deserted hotel that Cristefero had just bought the night before through their lawyers. They were all set up and the hotel was going to be their base for the week as his brother and his henchmen attended killing spree after killing spree in the region. He could never forgive his grandfather for not only leaving behind millions of dollars as inheritance but also hundreds of obedient killing machines were also left as inheritance at Cristofero's disposal and as their children recahed the age of eighteen their army grew. The gang was getting bigger and deadlier to dismay of de Luca. He just wished him and his brother could be taken away somewhere far away like Europe and they could start a new life. That was also his step father's wish that never happened.

De Luca wiped off his tears and shakily stood up and walked to a parked car on the deserted road. Cristofero's men had ordered roads to be blocked so the surroundings seemed silent. De Luca got inside the car and Theo drove him away as the car was chased by guards in two other cars.

As the car arrived at the back gate of the Town's grande hotel, Theo nodded to De Luca " Are you getting off or you need assistance?"

De Luca sighed and got of the car with shaky legs. Theo got off the car and lead De Luca inside. His brother's men were everywhere. Some looked unfamiliar most likely working for the Costantini corporation from warehouses in other cities. Theo lead De Luca inside and towards the ground floor bar " What do you want to drink?"